Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: May 6, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The improvised dialogue has a no-holds-barred quality that can hit or miss. But when it hits, it can be hysterical. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
While it isn't surprising that improv gods Short and fellow SNL vet Jan Hooks, as Glick's wife, Dixie, are brilliant, who knew that perennial onscreen good girl Elizabeth Perkins, playing here a has-been bitch-diva, could be so brittle and sexy? Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
A giddy, gassy piece of lunatic fluff that recounts Jiminy's rise to fame. In interviews, Short has described Glick as a moron with power, and in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, he takes us back to the early days, when he was merely a moron. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
In his curdled-butterball way, Jiminy Glick may be the most acidic showbiz send-up since Andy Kaufman's Tony Clifton. This movie, though it has its moments, is a pedestal he didn't need. Read full review
63
PremiereKevin Allison
Martin Short is so odd that apparently, neither he nor the film industry know what to do about it. In a way, Jiminy Glick in La La Wood is both a fictional riff on this very fact and hard proof of it. Read full review
60
Film ThreatD. W. Smith
Short does a good job playing Lynch but this whole Lynch thing might have played funnier ten years ago. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Director Vadim Jean is lucky that his low-octane comedy is long on Short. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
One of that film's funniest performers, John Michael Higgins, is on hand as a maniacal European celebrity handler who keeps swearing, "I am no homoist." Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen Cole
The film has enough laughs to stock a 90-minute entertainment. Unfortunately it throws out enough material to fill five comedies. And most of the jokes die in silence, throwing off a flop-sweat tsunami that carries away Short's best work. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Isn't really a satire of Hollywood so much as a chance for Short's wealthy showbiz buddies (Steve Martin, Kurt Russell, Kevin Kline, Whoopi Goldberg) to poke very gentle fun at themselves and stick it to the press. Read full review
40
VarietyEddie Cockrell
Too often depends on salty, adolescent one-liners that provide shock value guffaws but grow cumulatively wearisome. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
A tenth of a movie masquerading as a full feature. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
An intermittently funny free-for-all that tries desperately to flesh out a television sketch into a feature-length movie. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Jiminy Glick needs definition if he's to work as a character. We have to sense a consistent comic personality, and we don't; Short changes gears and redefines the character whenever he needs a laugh. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
A film this slipshod needs much more star-power than it's able to muster. Read full review
30
Village VoiceDarren Reidy
Give 'em a handicap for making a 20-minute man go 90--still, it's not enough. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Where else are you going to find an extended riff on the weird, weird world of David Lynch movies, an homage to "The Shining" and flatulence gags in the same place? Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
What Short does not deserve - and neither do we - is a feature-length movie about Jiminy. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Never was this funny a comedian in this horrible a movie. Read full review
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